Assessments

Assessments of learning:

	FunDay assignments (2 x 7.5%): One key goal of the course is to help you learn how to read and understand academic journal articles in cultural psychology. To do this, you will complete two 2-to-3-page assignments over the course of the term, in which you will summarise, critique, and expand on, readings 2 and 3. More information will be given in class. Due dates are the dates for which the readings are assigned – submit both a copy on Canvas and to Turn-It-In. Late penalty = 10% per day, starting from the beginning of class. They are due on February 1 and March 31, respectively.
	In-term exams (24% & 28%): There will be two non-cumulative midterms throughout the course of the term. These exams will take place on February 13 (24%; on Chapters 1-5, including readings) and March 20 (28%; on Chapters 6, 8-10, including readings). Examinable material will include information from both lectures and readings/textbook. The first exam is worth less than the second exam to allow students to get adjusted to exam style.
	Final (32%): The final exam will be cumulative of all materials covered throughout the term, with an emphasis on materials learned since the second exam. The date, time, and location of your final exam will be determined by the Office of the Registrar. Please check the Student Services Centre website for more details once the exam schedule has been released.
	Early Alert (1%): Students who are in need of help (counselling, financial, housing, etc.) may not seek the necessary services for help for various reasons, including lacking knowledge of appropriate services. This UBC initiative provides aid to these students as early as possible by allowing me to better connect such students to the relevant resources. Students can, thus, get the support they need before problems become too onerous. As a supporter of this initiative, I ask that you watch the brief video about it on the course’s Canvas website, and put down your name to acknowledge that you have read it (which will give you the 1%). This means neither that you support this initiative, nor that you intend to use it, only that you have read it and understood what it is. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to talk to me. This is due on March 1.
	HSP (+3%): What’s a better way to get some bonus marks than to contribute to science? Sign up for up to 3 credit’ worth of studies (equivalent to approximately 3 hours of time) in the UBC Department of Psychology by getting an account here: https://ubc-psych.sona-systems.com/. You need an active HSP account for this; if you do not have one, the website will tell you how. More information about the HSP can be found at https://psych.ubc.ca/undergraduate/opportunities/human-subject-pool/.   Instead of HSP studies, Students may write 500-word summaries of empirical articles from the journal Psychological Science (published after 2000). Each summary counts for 1%, and should include the introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections of the article. If you opt to write these summaries instead, you must still create an HSP account and register it under our course section. You must submit a copy of your summaries to the department’s (not this course’s) Turnitin account (ID and password information can be found in the HSP Participant Information Package here) by the last day of classes

 
*All written work for this course MUST be written independently, and must reflect your own work and thoughts. UBC subscribes to the Turn-It-In system, which compares submitted work to other sources on its database (including work submitted by your peers) to check for potential plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offense, and shall also be dealt with seriously. All written work must be submitted to Turn-It-In at http://www.turnitin.com. If you do not already have an account, please sign up for one, join your TA’s section using their ID on the main page of this syllabus, and the password (culture307), and then submit your work when the time comes. When creating an account in the tool, you will be asked to provide personally identifying information. Please know you are not required to consent to sharing this personal information with the tool, if you are uncomfortable doing so. If you choose not to provide consent, you may create an account using a nickname and a non-identifying email address, then let your instructor know what alias you are using in the tool.

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